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Does smoking affect a breast abscess woundw?
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See below: Smoking is bad for all healing including the type you mentioned. It probably won't be helped by stopping now, but stopping asst any time is a good idea.
Answered 9/17/2012
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Yes: Smoking interferes with wound healing. The healing is delayed, suboptimal, and may never finish due to a multitude of direct and indirect adverse effects of tobacco use.
Answered 9/20/2012
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